Project
A defined piece of work — an incorporation, a filing, a due diligence — at a fixed fee agreed before we start.
Legal services for international business in Ukraine
Twelve practice areas covering the full lifecycle of a foreign investment — from choosing the entity to selling it. Most engagements combine several.
Overview
Structured around what clients actually need
Our practice areas follow the sequence of a foreign investment rather than the structure of a legal textbook. A company entering Ukraine typically needs the first six; one operating here needs the next four; one in difficulty or exiting needs the last two.
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Business Registration
Incorporating a Ukrainian entity is straightforward on paper and unforgiving in practice. We take foreign investors from entity choice …
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Corporate Structuring
A structure that looked efficient in 2015 may today create controlled foreign company reporting, treaty benefit denial and a stalled ex…
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Transactions fail on the details that were not checked and the conditions that were not drafted. We run acquisitions and disposals of U…
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04
Taxes & Finance
Tax rarely determines whether an investment happens, but it routinely determines what it returns. We advise on the tax consequences of …
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05
Antitrust & Competition
Ukrainian merger control catches more transactions than foreign parties expect, and the penalty for closing without clearance is measur…
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06
Banking & Accounts
For a foreign-owned Ukrainian company, opening a bank account is usually harder than incorporation. The obstacle is rarely the law — it…
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07
Migration & Labour
A foreign national may not lawfully work in Ukraine without a permit obtained by the employer, and the sequence — permit, then visa, th…
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Due Diligence
Due diligence is not a document-collection exercise. It is the process of establishing what you are actually buying and what it would c…
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09
Contracts & Deal Support
A cross-border contract that ignores Ukrainian currency control, settlement deadlines and formality requirements will be unenforceable …
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Compliance & Regulatory
Compliance failures in Ukraine rarely announce themselves. They surface during a bank review, an audit or a transaction, when the cost …
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Litigation & Disputes
Ukrainian proceedings run through three instances and reward parties who prepare the evidence before filing rather than during the hear…
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12
Real Estate
Ukrainian real estate is registered, but registration does not guarantee title. The history matters, and so does whether the land may l…
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Engagement models
How we are instructed
Different matters warrant different arrangements. We will propose the one that fits rather than defaulting to hourly billing.
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Transaction
Acquisitions and disposals, with a budget by stage and a cap agreed for each so that cost tracks progress.
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Retainer
A monthly allocation for companies that need continuous access to counsel without maintaining an in-house function.
04
Dispute
Hourly or staged fees, with success-based elements available for recovery claims where the economics support them.
Getting started
The first conversation is free
Fifteen minutes is usually enough to establish what the matter involves, whether we are the right firm and what an engagement would cost. We will tell you if the answer to the second question is no.
- Describe the situation — no formal instruction needed at this stage.
- We confirm whether it falls within our practice and who would handle it.
- You receive a written scope and fee estimate before any work begins.
- Confidentiality applies from the first contact, engaged or not.
Next step
Discuss your matter with us
Tell us what you need to achieve in Ukraine. The first consultation is free and confidential — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm for the task.